World Cup by the numbers

0 - Titles won by the two finalists, the Netherlands and Spain.

1 - World Cups held in Africa; this one.

2 - Times finalist Netherlands has lost the title game, in 1974 and 1978, both against the host team: West Germany in the first, Argentina in the second.

3 - Successive semifinals reached by Germany, which did not win the World Cup in any of those tournaments. It will play Uruguay in the third-place match Saturday.

4 - Red cards handed out in round-of-16 match between the Netherlands and Portugal at 2006 World Cup. Another eight players got yellow cards in the most hotly contested match in tournament history. Portugal won 1-0.

5 - Goals for Wesley Sneijder of the Netherlands and David Villa of Spain in this tournament.

6 - Matches won in as many tries by the Dutch at South Africa 2010.

7 - Countries that have won soccer's world title: Brazil, Italy, Germany, Argentina, Uruguay, England, France.

8 - Most World Cup matches officiated by one referee, by Joel Quiniou of France from 1986-94.

9 - Starters in the semifinal for Spain who played for either Barcelona or Real Madrid last season.

10 - Goals scored by Hungary against El Salvador in the 1982 group stage. The 10-1 win is the biggest in the history of the World Cup.